American official have insisted that tens of billions of dollars released to the Iranian regime following the lifting of nuclear related sanction would be spent to improve Iran’s economy and social welfare, even though some ’might’ be used for illicit purposes including funding terrorism and etc. But the facts on the ground tell a different story.
Since the sealing of the historic nuclear pact between Iran and the six world power late last year, and the consecutive release of frozen funds to Iran regime, the money has been used for illicit operations such as terrorist activities including propping up Hezbollah’s weapons capability, or sending weapons to the Houthis in Yemen and to expanding its transborder operations to Afghanistan and Pakistan region.
The money that was meant to be used for improving the country’s economy and enhancing the worn out infrastructure, has instead been used to purchase sophisticate weapons, shipping missiles to Hezbollah and Housthis and suppressing the Iranian people. Measures that has driven thousands of workers, students and activists to protest and demand their rights.
More than 350 protests and rallies took place during only the first 3 months of this year which shows an increase compared to the same period last year.
The followings are some examples of hundreds of protests and demonstrations just in recent days.

Farmers’ protest in Rafsanjan (central Iran)

A group of Rafsanjan farmers gathered on Thursday, April 7th to protest against the confiscation of their lands by the hardline judiciary decree. The protest took place in front of the office of the Supreme Leader’s representative in the city. The protesters say the lands that they have worked on for years and spent so much money and time to revive and turn in to green land has been confiscated for the son of the government backed elites.

Parsilon Co. workers protest

Parsilon Co. workers who have not received their salary for past 20 months staged a rally outside the governor’s office in the province of Lorestan, southwestern Iran. They said that they have been holding rallies for 2 consecutive days, but none of the officials have responded to their grievances and have been totally ignored.

Workers from Kashan and Khorram-abad cities continue their protests 

On Thursday, April 7th, dozens of workers from Kashan and Khorram-abad continued their strike demanding their unpaid wages and salaries. One worker said they have not been receiving any salary since two months ago. He added that they are firm on their damand and will not leave until they receive their full paychecks.

Ilam workers and government employees staged 3 protest rallies​​  

The city of Ilam, western Iran was the scene of 3 separate demonstrations on Thursday, April 7th. The Workers of Be’athat contracting company which operates in coordination with local communication company staged a protest gathering in front of the company management office and demanded their unpaid 6-month salaries. Dozens of city bus drivers in the same city staged a separate rally demanding their salaries and benefits.
These are just a small fraction of hundreds of protests and rallies that take place every day in Iran. The people are frustrated and tired of being told bogus promises. They demand actions from the government, but they also know that things wouldn’t change until everything in the country is changed.